Try "The Quiet Gentleman" by Georgette Heyer. Its the only one of hers Ive enjoyed, but I liked the humour in it, and the little murder mystery (although to be honest its easily guessed who the culprit is lol).

Doing that would defeat the purpose of a library.

A privately-owned library with market-driven products is called a bookstore.

In my experience, most authors love hearing from readers. Check the author's site for contact info or write/email in care of the publisher. Just don't sound like a stalker. :-) I have heard so many writers say how scary it is to put a book out in the wild and wait to see if people like it. They want to know their creations are enjoyed and appreciated.

I think you are looking for r/goodreads.

Haven't seen this mentioned yet, so:
You can write care of the publishing company.

As others mentioned, nothing beats a handwritten letter. But you don't want to go into stalker mode to find the writer's address. Publishing companies will absolutely forward the authors' mails. They might open it first, to screen the weirdos. So, don't write anything horrible, avoid nudie pics (how is that even worth mentioning? anyways), be positive and your letter will reach the writer. Don't send anything else though, like an object, even if it means a lot to you that this writer should receive that object. Red flags.

And yes, speaking for me personally, it's always great to receive a nice message from a reader. Unless you're a superstar, writing is a lonely business.

Loved Wuthering Heights.

Not a fan of Jane Eyre.

Why the /s?

I literally started reading the book today. I am fascinated by Oscar Wilde's writing. This one is going to be a good read, for sure.

Your comment brought a realization to me; The American dream is money and wealth. The Indian dream is romantic love. Hollywood vs Bollywood. In the early internet bulletin board chat rooms, Indian women where all about comparing romantic love, to things in America, as a way to understand our culture. I didn't have a clue back then, they where trying to find out if I was like the Bollywood hero, if so then I was their man.

It has clearly affected you and interfered with your life. It's become an 'intrusive' thought in your head (you should look up what actual intrusive thoughts are), and you are venting about it on reddit. Something that you could have simply dismissed and not worried about has eaten up a considerable amount of your mental energy and time. Let it go.

Cool fact! Love HST and he had a great take on the grotesque nature of the American Dream and on mainstream American values. We can debate whether he should be counted as a commentary writer, or a fiction writer or a reporter (see a previous comment on purpose of fiction writer)

Yes, that is the bad part of the American trait never to be satisfied. No matter how much Gatsby had, he was never happy. Everything he did he did to impress Daisy and I wonder what would have happened if theyvwould have run off together. Probably drive each other crazy and get divorced after 2 years :)

Which ones would you recommend i start with? I love this genre and have read almost all Agatha Christies. I have also read some Allingham and Tey, both of which i liked a lot.

Your welcomed! Americans love to call things "this is the great American BLANK" and then just think that is the best book, movie, story or whatever in the world. Mostly, I think, because we are so used to people moving here to live. We forget that there are folks all over the world who don't even think about the USA everyday.

Move out of red states if you can. We are lamenting about books and libraries but things will f for sure get worse.

It's not called misery for nothing

Omg totally do it! I DM all of them on Instagram 😂 I’ve actually built some really solid friendships with a few authors through that medium. I now send my favourite author pictures of myself in various states of distress while reading her work 😂

I recently read Arabella , and i loved the humour in it so much! Which ones by her would you recommend?

I used to send letters to Terry Brooks as a kid. He actually wrote back.

The premise of the book is great, but god do I hate that massive amount of random infodumping in the middle of the novel. That was really hard to get through and I hated every moment of that part.

I knoooow! I was bored one time and i found a book called Entwined, and i was literally smitten with it. But when i finished, i started looking for other books like it and there really were none. I think THAT made me depressed a bit, but also happy. It's weird. But i felt that way after Harry Potter, Eragon etc., etc.. 😁

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I have written ‘fan’ letters to authors frequently. I have received replies several times. The most recent was a handwritten postcard from David sedaris!

Hey it's updated. Thanks again🤩